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VANITY: Are VA hospitals run by civilians?
self ^ | 5/25/14

Posted on 05/25/2014 6:51:02 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD

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1 posted on 05/25/2014 6:51:02 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD
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To: COBOL2Java; ConorMacNessa

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2 posted on 05/25/2014 6:52:25 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Yes, they are run by civilians employed by the Veterans Administration.


3 posted on 05/25/2014 6:52:38 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Thanks very much!


4 posted on 05/25/2014 6:53:04 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Hey, Silvie, I swear I haven’t seen you around in ages! How’s things?


5 posted on 05/25/2014 6:53:21 PM PDT by Viking2002 (Liberals - destroyers of both men and civilizations. The Fourth Turning Cometh.)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Yes, everything within the Department of Veterans Affairs is civilian. They are sometimes confused with the Army, Air Force sand Navy hospitals, which are mostly military.


6 posted on 05/25/2014 6:53:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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Thanks so much, 2DV — I will let her know!


7 posted on 05/25/2014 6:54:07 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

The Director at my VA (Lebanon, PA) is a civilian and IMHO a career politician brown nose.


8 posted on 05/25/2014 6:54:44 PM PDT by airborne (My heroes don't wear capes - My heroes wear dog tags!)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

It was changed to the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs, a cabinet-level agency, during the Reagan administration.


9 posted on 05/25/2014 6:54:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: Viking2002

I’ve been around — I’m now stuck with being the temporary admin. for the Michael Savage Radio Show thread....

Best!


10 posted on 05/25/2014 6:55:29 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Yes. VA hospitals are run by civil service employees of the Veterans Administration, not by military personnel, and not by employees of the Department of Defense. The DoD has its own medical facilities, which ... vary in their quality.


11 posted on 05/25/2014 6:56:16 PM PDT by Tax-chick (You say I'm insane ... I say you're afraid.)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Civil Service.


12 posted on 05/25/2014 6:59:48 PM PDT by Ben Mugged (The number one enemy of liberalism is reality.)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

“Civil” servants. Gov’t contract employees, I believe.
(I see you have the answers already0


13 posted on 05/25/2014 7:13:40 PM PDT by dynachrome (Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

unionized civilians


14 posted on 05/25/2014 7:19:13 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

They advertise for medical professionals on tv. They push the benefits of being licensed to practice in all states when they work in VA facilities


15 posted on 05/25/2014 7:19:21 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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Are they prone to be more incompetent because they’re unionized?

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Thanks!


16 posted on 05/25/2014 7:26:13 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
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To: dynachrome; All

Thanks to all for your answers!


17 posted on 05/25/2014 7:26:45 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
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Are they prone to be more incompetent because they’re unionized?

My wife, a dialysis RN, just got on with the VA in November. She was offered a union membership, but she declined. Thank goodness we live in a Right to Work state.

She sees not incompetance so much, but plenty of waste, and most of all, wasted time. No where close to the efficiency of a non-government outfit.

18 posted on 05/25/2014 7:40:11 PM PDT by Wingy
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M.D.’s start out as GS-9’s, no? That’s low compared to what an M.D. in the private sector can make.

My sense is that VA attracts lower-skill M.D.’s because of the low pay.


19 posted on 05/25/2014 7:47:19 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

http://mycareeratva.va.gov/about/Pages/FAQ.aspx


20 posted on 05/25/2014 7:48:59 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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